Autumn Kerr is the Assistant Vice President, Clinical Quality at Healthfirst, where she leads enterprise quality strategy with a focus on HEDIS performance, digital quality transformation, and provider engagement. With more than 25 years of experience across both payer and provider environments, Autumn brings a population focused perspective to quality improvement, emphasizing collaboration, innovation, and data-informed decision making.

Since joining Healthfirst in 2007, she has helped evolve the organization’s approach to clinical quality, contributing to multiple 4.5 Star CMS ratings and sustained recognition among the highest-performing Medicaid plans in New York State. Her work focuses on modernizing quality programs through digital data strategies, cross-functional alignment, and partnerships that drive meaningful, measurable change.

Healthfirst is a not-for-profit, provider-sponsored health insurance company serving more than 2 million members across downstate New York, offering Medicaid, Medicare Advantage, Child Health Plus, Managed Long Term Care, Essential Plan, and Qualified Health Plans designed to support diverse communities.